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The Art Of Processing A Collection, Alexa R. Schreier

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One of the most astounding things about Special Collections and Archives is that there is no necessarily right or wrong way to process a collection. If you have the same questions as I did when I first started, you may be wondering what exactly processing a collection means. Coming from a background of working in libraries, there has always been a right and wrong order, and most often than not the right way includes being alphabetical and chronological. However, that’s not always the case in Special Collections. What I’ve learned so far is that effectively processing a collection means to …

Open Access To Archival Collections, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Text of a short presentation on crowdfunding open access to archival collections. The presentation was one of five "Brief Topic Talks" at the Boston-Area Open Access Advocacy Meetup, which took place on July 14, 2015 at Snell Library, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Also included as supplementary files are the meeting agenda, the text of the presentation in Word, and an outline version of the presentation / speaking notes.

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 01, July 13, 2015, Grand Valley State University

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Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Faces Of The Civil War, Steven J. Semmel

Blogging the Library

As the internship enters its final month of the summer, I’ve been processing and looking at various Civil War collections. This era in history is well known for the bloody conflicts that separated the nation. However, not much is known about most individuals that fought in different regiments across the country, or even what they looked like. Special Collections is home to a few faces that at Gettysburg, out West, prisoners at Andersonville, or stationed in places like Florida. The collections I have recently processed included photos of those soldiers at different stages in their life. [excerpt]

Would You Care To Dance?, Avery N. Fox

Blogging the Library

Howdy readers! There are so many updates here in Special Collections. As of late, I, and the other interns, have received cataloguing training from Kate and Carolyn and soon I will begin cataloguing the pamphlet collection. Also, I have continued work on a finding guide for the Lillian Quinn letter collection. [excerpt]

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Meditation Prayer, Delivered At The Devos, O'Donovan, Kennedy Dinner Party On July 9, 2015, Arend D. Lubbers

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Meditation Prayer, delivered at the DeVos, O'Donovan, Kennedy Dinner Party on July 9, 2015 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

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